Describes the history of the legendary comedy club, which started out life as a way for a former advertising executive to make professional contacts in order to become a New York theatrical producer and instead became the historic template for live stand-up venues. 15,000 first printing.
Describes the history of the legendary comedy club, which started out life as a way for a former advertising executive to make professional contacts in order to become a New York theatrical producer and instead became the historic template for live stand-up venues. 15,000 first printing.
Budd Friedman, the man who could well be called the father of the modern comedy club, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, moved to New York, fought in Korea and returned to Manhattan, where he obtained a degree in Advertising and Marketing from New York University. Less than enthralled with advertising, he hit upon the idea that was to become the Improvisation. The rest, as they say, is history. Ever the entrepreneur, Budd produced a political/satirical theatrical revue in New York entitled What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a State Like This? He became Jay Leno and Bette Midler's first manager, and in 1975 he opened a West Coast branch of the Improv on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Budd auditioned for and won the coveted role of ""Budd Friedman"" in Man on the Moon, the biopic about Andy Kaufman starring Jim Carrey and Danny DeVito. In 2002, he hosted and executive produced a one-hour primetime special for NBC celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Improv. He also co-created and executive produced National Lampoon's Funny Money for the Game Show Network. More recently, he reprised his role of ""Budd Friedman"" in Judd Aptow's Funny People. He continues to bring stand-up into the hearts and minds of everyone in the United States. As of 2015, there were 22 Improv comedy clubs in 12 states. Tripp Whetsell is a New York-based author, entertainment journalist and critic specializing in comedy, television, film, music and pop culture history. His work has appeared both in print and online for such publications as VanityFair.com, TV Guide, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The New York Times, New York Magazine, New York Daily News, Closer Weekly, The Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter. This is his third book.
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Foreword by Jay Leno Prologue Introduction Part One 1. Growing Up Fatherless and Struggling to Find My Way 2. Broadway Bound and the Unexpected Detour 3. Building the House That Hilarity Built 4. Flying by the Seat of My Pants 5. The Improv Gets Hot 6. A Future Film Legend Wanders into West 44th Street and I Nearly Produce My First Show 7. The Singing Waitresses 8. Liza Minelli and Judy Garland . . . Onstage at the Improv 9. Not So Blown Away by Bette Midler . . . at First 10. Comedians Start Coming to the Improv 11. The Anointment of King Richard Part Two 1. Revelry and Rivalry 2. Stiller and Meara 3. More Momentum, My Monocle-and Lily Tomlin's Grand Entrance 4. The One and Only Rodney Dangerfield 5. Robert Klein Elevates Stand-Up-and the Improv-to a New Level 6. Locking Horns with David Brenner 7. Richard Lewis 8. The Hippest Room in America 9. The Improv's Gentle Giant 10. The Improv and The Tonight Show 11. A Tale of Two Comedy Clubs 12. Meeting Jay 13. Producing My First Show Part Three 14. Expansion 15. My Early California Adventures 16. Andy Kaufman Turns Stand-Up Upside Down 17. Dissing Larry David 18. A Tsunami Named Robin 19. Comedy's Tragic Prinze 20. A Troubling Nemesis Named Mitzi Shore 21. Going Up in Flames 22. Old Enemies and New Beginnings Part Four 23. An Evening at the Improv 24. The Improv Explodes . . . and the Stakes Get Even Higher 25. The Comedy Boom Busts and Finding Fallon 26. Passing the Baton and Looking Ahead: The 2000s to the Present Acknowledgments About the Authors
Foreword by Jay Leno Prologue Introduction Part One 1. Growing Up Fatherless and Struggling to Find My Way 2. Broadway Bound and the Unexpected Detour 3. Building the House That Hilarity Built 4. Flying by the Seat of My Pants 5. The Improv Gets Hot 6. A Future Film Legend Wanders into West 44th Street and I Nearly Produce My First Show 7. The Singing Waitresses 8. Liza Minelli and Judy Garland . . . Onstage at the Improv 9. Not So Blown Away by Bette Midler . . . at First 10. Comedians Start Coming to the Improv 11. The Anointment of King Richard Part Two 1. Revelry and Rivalry 2. Stiller and Meara 3. More Momentum, My Monocle-and Lily Tomlin's Grand Entrance 4. The One and Only Rodney Dangerfield 5. Robert Klein Elevates Stand-Up-and the Improv-to a New Level 6. Locking Horns with David Brenner 7. Richard Lewis 8. The Hippest Room in America 9. The Improv's Gentle Giant 10. The Improv and The Tonight Show 11. A Tale of Two Comedy Clubs 12. Meeting Jay 13. Producing My First Show Part Three 14. Expansion 15. My Early California Adventures 16. Andy Kaufman Turns Stand-Up Upside Down 17. Dissing Larry David 18. A Tsunami Named Robin 19. Comedy's Tragic Prinze 20. A Troubling Nemesis Named Mitzi Shore 21. Going Up in Flames 22. Old Enemies and New Beginnings Part Four 23. An Evening at the Improv 24. The Improv Explodes . . . and the Stakes Get Even Higher 25. The Comedy Boom Busts and Finding Fallon 26. Passing the Baton and Looking Ahead: The 2000s to the Present Acknowledgments About the Authors
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